Drawings of Mucha - Seventy Works

This collection of 70 high-quality illustrations (61 in black and white, 9 in full colour) offers the first and only comprehensive survey of Mucha's drawings, and as such, provides a unique insight into the intentions and artistic qualities that were fundamental to all of the artist's work. Reproduced directly from his original drawings, these works span Mucha's entire career and include sketches for paintings, advertising and packaging art, studies for stylebooks, etc. Among the more famous examples are - 'The Seasons' - (full-colour drawings for the complete set, plus a preliminary charcoal sketch for 'Autumn'.), 'St. Louis World's Fair poster' - (full-colour lithograph, preliminary pencil sketch), 'Sarah Bernhardt drawings' - (Four works in indian ink pencil), 'Documents decoratifs' and 'Figures decoratifs' - Studies from Mucha's two brilliant, innovative stylebooks).